OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiome is 74. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction: Sodium levels and grazing pressure shape natural communities of the intracellular pathogen Legionella	347
Role of nasal microbiota in regulating host anti-influenza immunity in dogs	269
Impact of diet in shaping gut virome of grain-fed and grass-fed beef cattle revealed by a comparative metagenomic study	249
Stool energy density is positively correlated to intestinal transit time and related to microbial enterotypes	249
Gut microbiota induces dysspermatogenesis via microbial-derived phenylacetylglycine in Ggt1-deficient mice	242
Metabolite-mediated interactions and direct contact between Fusobacterium varium and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	241
Lower viral evolutionary pressure under stable versus fluctuating conditions in subzero Arctic brines	231
Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota	188
Bifidobacterial carbohydrate/nucleoside metabolism enhances oxidative phosphorylation in white adipose tissue to protect against diet-induced obesity	186
Effects of melatonin on rumen microorganisms and methane production in dairy cow: results from in vitro and in vivo studies	180
Reconstructing community dynamics from limited observations	175
Engrafting gut bacteriophages have potential to modulate microbial metabolism in fecal microbiota transplantation	156
Microbial community regulation and performance enhancement in gas biofilters by interrupting bacterial communication	151
Colonization during a key developmental window reveals microbiota-dependent shifts in growth and immunity during undernutrition	149
Blocked conversion of Lactobacillus johnsonii derived acetate to butyrate mediates copper-induced epithelial barrier damage in a pig model	147
Colonocyte-derived lactate promotes E. coli fitness in the context of inflammation-associated gut microbiota dysbiosis	145
LotuS2: an ultrafast and highly accurate tool for amplicon sequencing analysis	143
Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals the positive leverage of citrus flavonoids on hindgut microbiota and host homeostasis by modulating sphingolipid metabolism in mid-lactation dairy cows consumin	142
Latent antibiotic resistance genes are abundant, diverse, and mobile in human, animal, and environmental microbiomes	139
Microbial active functional modules derived from network analysis and metabolic interactions decipher the complex microbiome assembly in mangrove sediments	138
Correction: Gut microbiota-derived propionate mediates the neuroprotective effect of osteocalcin in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease	135
Bacterial quorum sensing orchestrates longitudinal interactions to shape microbiota assembly	135
Dissolved storage glycans shaped the community composition of abundant bacterioplankton clades during a North Sea spring phytoplankton bloom	125
H2 generated by fermentation in the human gut microbiome influences metabolism and competitive fitness of gut butyrate producers	124
β-Elemonic acid mediated enrichment of Paenibacillus to help Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge alleviate drought stress	123

From dysbiosis to defense: harnessing the gut microbiome in HIV/SIV therapy	122
Using strain-resolved analysis to identify contamination in metagenomics data	121
Impacts of host genetics on gut microbiome composition in Alzheimer’s disease	120
Landscape of the gut archaeome in association with geography, ethnicity, urbanization, and diet in the Chinese population	116
Vertical transmission of mosquito microbiota and its effects on offspring development	114
A glimpse of the paleome in endolithic microbial communities	114
Cover crop root exudates impact soil microbiome functional trajectories in agricultural soils	110
Virus diversity and activity is driven by snowmelt and host dynamics in a high-altitude watershed soil ecosystem	109
No microorganism was detected in amniotic fluid of healthy pregnancies from the second trimester to the delivery	106
Methanolobus use unspecific methyltransferases to produce methane from dimethylsulphide in Baltic Sea sediments	105
Microbiota-indole 3-propionic acid-brain axis mediates abnormal synaptic pruning of hippocampal microglia and susceptibility to ASD in IUGR offspring	103
Correction: Inulin diet uncovers complex diet-microbiota-immune cell interactions remodeling the gut epithelium	102
Rumen microbiota-associated stress alleviation by creatine pyruvate in newly received cattle: a multi-omics study	102
Calcium-containing inorganic immunity booster drives the enrichment of specific root endophytic microbiota against Ralstonia solanacearum	99
Complementary insights into gut viral genomes: a comparative benchmark of short- and long-read metagenomes using diverse assemblers and binners	97
Water–vapor treatment of shower systems in healthcare facilities: reshaping built-environment microbiomes to improve Legionella control and protect at-risk patients	97
Virome characterization of wild small mammals provides new insight into zoonotic pathogens in West Africa	97
Gut-derived IL-13 contributes to growth via promoting hepatic IGF-1 production	97
Geography, not lifestyle, explains the population structure of free-living and host-associated deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail symbionts	96
An improved workflow for accurate and robust healthcare environmental surveillance using metagenomics	96
Characterizing the gut phageome and phage-borne antimicrobial resistance genes in pigs	94
Multi-omics characterization of the skin microbiota reveals the anti-aging roles of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	92
Global analysis of the biosynthetic chemical space of marine prokaryotes	91
Determination of antibiotic resistance patterns and genotypes of Escherichia coli isolated from wild birds	91
Anthropogenic activities mediate stratification and stability of microbial communities in freshwater sediments	91
Gastrointestinal jumbo phages possess independent synthesis and utilization systems of NAD+	90
A synbiotic mixture of selected oligosaccharides and bifidobacteria assists murine gut microbiota restoration following antibiotic challenge	89
Enrichment of vitamin B12-producing Porphyrobacter in the phycosphere microbiome promotes microalgal stress adaptation to antibiotic exposure	89
Eubacterium siraeum suppresses fat deposition via decreasing the tyrosine-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in high-fat diet-induced obesity	89
Environmental reservoirs and transmission pathways of antimicrobial resistance across the pork production continuum	87
Milk oligosaccharide-driven persistence of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum modulates local and systemic microbial metabolites upon synbiotic treatment in conventionally colonized mice	87
Distinguishing diet- and microbe-derived metabolites in the human gut	85
Biogeographical survey of soil microbiomes across sub-Saharan Africa: structure, drivers, and predicted climate-driven changes	85
Gut microbiome-derived indole-3-carboxaldehyde promotes intestinal development via AHR-NRF2 signaling in the early-life of chicks	84
High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom	83
Reproducible and opposing gut microbiome signatures distinguish autoimmune diseases and cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	83
Gut barrier-microbiota imbalances in early life lead to higher sensitivity to inflammation in a murine model of C-section delivery	82
Context-dependent effects of antimicrobial coatings on microbial load and bacterial community composition on public high-touch surfaces	82
The effect of 3-nitrooxypropanol, a potent methane inhibitor, on ruminal microbial gene expression profiles in dairy cows	81
Metagenomics-resolved genomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome	80
Gut microbiota-derived ursodeoxycholic acid alleviates low birth weight-induced colonic inflammation by enhancing M2 macrophage polarization	79
VBCG: 20 validated bacterial core genes for phylogenomic analysis with high fidelity and resolution	77
Lactobacillus reuteri improves the development and maturation of fecal microbiota in piglets through mother-to-infant microbe and metabolite vertical transmission	76
Microbiome in heritage: how maternal microbiome transmission impacts next generation health	76
Metaproteomics reveals diet-induced changes in gut microbiome function according to Crohn’s disease location	76
Diet prevents the expansion of segmented filamentous bacteria and ileo-colonic inflammation in a model of Crohn’s disease	75
Strategies of chemolithoautotrophs adapting to high temperature and extremely acidic conditions in a shallow hydrothermal ecosystem	75
RhoB affects colitis through modulating cell signaling and intestinal microbiome	75
A novel and dual digestive symbiosis scales up the nutrition and immune system of the holobiont Rimicaris exoculata	75